How do I find out what processors are compatible with my motherboard? what specifications do i check?

Question

Gateway is no help, the only thing they are equipped to do is tell you if they have processors that are compatible to sell you, which they don't even have

Gateway Computer : Intel (Yorktown) Pentium 4 - 2.53GHz (533MHz) R2 [Part #2519075]
Uni-processor Intel® P4P Northwood in FC-PGA2 package, 133-MHz, 533MT/s FSB
Chipset: Intel i845PE and ICH4 chipset

The Motherboard has a 478-pin zero insertion force (ZIF) socket that supports a single Intel® Pentium® 4 processor or a single Intel Celeron® processor based on the Pentium 4 architecture. The standard host bus speed of the motherboard is 100 megahertz (MHz). However, the processor uses a dual-clock, un-pipelined processing method that achieves system bus speeds up to 533 MHz.

I WAS TOLD YOU START OUT BY LOOKING FOR PROCESSORS THAT USE 478 PINS AS THE FIRST STEP... (I THINK THE NEXT STEP IS LOOKING FOR PROCESSORS THAT DO 533MHZ FSB?) WHAT ELSE DO I NEED TO CHECK BEFORE I BUY A PROCESSOR TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WILL BE COMPATIBLE ?

motherboard uses Intel® 845G, i845PE and ICH4 chipset including
* Intel i82845PE 788 FC-BGA Memory Controller Hub (MCH)
* Intel 82801DB I/O Controller Hub (ICH4)
* Intel 82802AB BIOS Firmware Hub (FWH)

heatsink doesn't connect to ZIF socket; attaches via pegs that attach to heatsink fasteners on bottom of motherboard.

processor's voltage identification (VID) pins automatically program motherboard's voltage regulator to required processor voltage

Cache speeds: L1 & L2 cache both run at full speed of the processor.

L1 Cache Features
* 8-kilobyte (KB) L1 data cache
* Execution trace cache stores up to 12-K decoded micro-ops in order of program execution
* 4-way set associative
* 64byte cache lines
* 256bit data bus to level 1 cache
* Data clocked into and out of cache every clock cycle

L2 Advanced Transfer Cache Features
* Non-blocking, full speed, on-die level 2 cache
* 8-way set associativity
* 256bit data bus to level 2 cache
* Data clocked into and out of cache every clock cycle

This is my computerhttp://support.gateway.com/support/srt/docs.asp?sn=0029743917

This is my motherboard:http://support.gateway.com/s/MOTHERBD/INTEL/2519075/2519075tc.shtml

Motherboard features:http://support.gateway.com/s/MOTHERBD/INTEL/2517504/2517504fp.shtml

The original processor that brokehttp://support.gateway.com/s/MOTHERBD/INTEL/2517504/2517504mvr4.shtml



i don't understand this stuff, i just want to know what processors will work and if its just plug and play?
http://support.gateway.com/s/motherbd/in...

Answer 1

These higher clocked variants should work on your PC.
http://computers.pricegrabber.com/processors-retail-box/m/610929/
http://www.pricerunner.com/pl/40-130292/CPUs/Intel-Pentium-4-Northwood-2.8GHz-Socket-478-533MHz-bus-Compare-Prices
http://computers.pricegrabber.com/processors-unboxed-oem/m/676489/details/

Answer 2

the best place to look is at www.3b tech .com you will find what you need there they ship free and you will get it in about three days .for about 50.00 dollars.